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<p><table><tr valign='middle'><td><img src='http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/74483869/10474510' width='100' height='100' align='absmiddle' hspace='3' title='_strangeangels_: Tessa Rain' alt=''></td><td>_strangeangels_ (<span class='ljuser ljuser-name_x_strangeangels' lj:user='x_strangeangels' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://x-strangeangels.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://x-strangeangels.livejournal.com/'><b>x_strangeangels</b></a></span>) wrote,<br /><font size='-1'>@ <a href="http://x-strangeangels.livejournal.com/2008/">2008</a>-<a href="http://x-strangeangels.livejournal.com/2008/09/">09</a>-<a href="http://x-strangeangels.livejournal.com/2008/09/10/">10</a> 20:21:00</font></td></tr></table><blockquote>
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<font face='Arial,Helvetica' size='+1'><i><b>I dream of a circle</b></i></font><br />
<p><b>I dream of a circle</b><br /><p><b>Word Count:</b> &nbsp;~1700<br /><b>Characters:</b> &nbsp;Dean, Sam, OFC (Gen)<br /><b>Rating:</b> &nbsp;R (Adult themes)<br /><b>Feedback:</b> Absolutely.  Concrit is always welcome.<br /><b>Disclaimer:</b> &nbsp;The Winchester boys aren't mine but I'd make Dean wear his boots all of the time if they were.<br /><b>Spoilers/Warnings:</b>&nbsp; None for the series.  Non-con.        <br /><b>A/N:</b> Written for the <em>Women of Supernatural Flashfic Challenge</em> at <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_spn_xx' lj:user='spn_xx' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://community.livejournal.com/spn_xx/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif' alt='[info]' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://community.livejournal.com/spn_xx/'><b>spn_xx</b></a></span>.  I bit the bullet and chose both prompts for Challenge #24 - an object important to a female character as well as a quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh: <br /><center><p><b>"One can never pay in gratitude: <br />One can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life."</b></center><br /><p>It was also written for the <em>Metal</em> prompt at the <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_occhallenge' lj:user='occhallenge' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://community.livejournal.com/occhallenge/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif' alt='[info]' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://community.livejournal.com/occhallenge/'><b>occhallenge</b></a></span>.<br /><p><b>Beta(s):</b>&nbsp; As always, <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_embroiderama' lj:user='embroiderama' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://embroiderama.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://embroiderama.livejournal.com/'><b>embroiderama</b></a></span> is the calm yin to my angsty yang.&nbsp;  Everything that rocks about this is because of her.&nbsp;  The mistakes?&nbsp;  Those are all me.  <br /><p><b>Summary:</b>&nbsp; A woman’s voice needs to do the calling.  <br /><hr><br /><p><a name="cutid1"></a><center><i>Tollete dolorem,<br />Tollete eum.</i></center><br /><br /><center>- - - - -     - - - - -     - - - - -     - - - - -     - - - - -</center><br /><br />Dean finds her kneeling at the Hamlyns’ gravestone with a handful of calla lilies.  The grass is wet on her knees, soaking through her jeans as she sets the flowers on the ground; three months worth of grass since they lowered Lily into the earth and Tessa stills feels her thumb rubbing Lily’s palm – brittle bones ready to snap underneath mottled skin.<br /><br />REDACTED<br /><br />“This is my demon to kill, Dean.”<br /><br /><center>- - - - -     - - - - -     - - - - -     - - - - -     - - - - -</center><br /><br /><center><i>Mundi tenebricosi.<br />Abite tu male.</i></center><br /><br /><hr><br /><br />A/N:<br /><br />The title of this piece is a song lyric from “Circle Round” by 10,000 Maniacs.    <br /><br />I wanted to use something different than the usual demon banishment spell – the ever-famous “Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus” Catholic exorcism ritual.  I found something used in the movie Phantasmagoria and suspect it was written for the film as I wasn’t able to find any other references to it.  It sounds much better in Latin, as it translates as:<br /><br /><center>Take up the sorrow.<br />Take it up.<br />Evil Spirit,<br />Go into the talisman,<br />Into the eternal talisman.<br />Cast the spell <br />And close the door to the dark world.<br />Go away you evil one.</center><br /><br />It was never my intention to overshadow the boys; I just thought it was a nice touch that only a woman could bind an incubus, given that it preyed on them.<br /><br />“Mark III” is the model of Tessa’s pistol.  It’s a semi-automatic handgun based on the Browning HP design.  <br /><br />Butterfly swords are used in several Chinese martial arts, including Wing Tsun – the martial art that Tessa practices.  Proficiency as a twelfth level student takes about four years with class attendance at twice a week, and includes the use of butterfly swords.  It is a form commonly taught to law enforcement officials, including the FBI, so it seemed appropriate to me as a hunter; weapons are used in situations where the martial artist is in an extreme disadvantage.<br /><br />Yes, the research I do for this fandom.  ;-P<br /><br /><a name='cutid1-end'></a></div><br style='clear: both' /><hr width='100%' size='2' align='center' />
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